The Politician – Season 2 (Netflix)

[forwardswill Joined: Apr 9th, 2013 Topics: 12 Posts: 2720 View Predictions]

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JUNE 19TH!

From Entertainment Weekly:

College student Payton Hobart (Ben Platt) is ready for battle during the dramedy’s sophomore season, premiering on June 19. He’s got his heart set on unseating incumbent Senate Majority Leader Dede Standish (Judith Light) who is campaigning for a new term in the New York State Senate race. With Chief of Staff Hadassah Gold (Bette Midler) by her side, re-election was supposed to be easy, but as Payton figures out what type of politician he ultimately wants to be, it could lead him to expose secrets, lies, and a throuple.

Meanwhile, his mother, Georgina Hobart (Gwyneth Paltrow) makes a momentous decision that threatens to upstage him and everything he’s hoping to accomplish. But if Payton wants to rise above petty politics and succeed without compromising his character, he must find his voice and strengthen his political message to inspire and excite voters.

Cannot wait.

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[Luca Joined: Jun 23rd, 2017 Topics: 7 Posts: 7214 View Predictions]

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I guess we’ll have TV in the summer after all! 13 Reasons Why, The Politician and Perry Mason! I’m probably the only one who still watches the first one though, haha.

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[vinny Joined: May 20th, 2011 Topics: 17 Posts: 18825 View Predictions]

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YES! CANNOT WAIT!

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[forwardswill Joined: Apr 9th, 2013 Topics: 12 Posts: 2720 View Predictions]

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Pics from the EW article:

and the poster

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[Luca Joined: Jun 23rd, 2017 Topics: 7 Posts: 7214 View Predictions]

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Judith Light and Bette Midler are really going to deliver, aren’t they?

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[BamaEd Joined: Nov 3rd, 2010 Topics: 3 Posts: 175 View Predictions]

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Luca wrote:

I guess we’ll have TV in the summer after all! 13 Reasons Why, The Politician and Perry Mason! I’m probably the only one who still watches the first one though, haha.

Haha I watch 13 Reasons, even though it would have been best if they had left it as 1 season.

The Politician, well, dang that was problematic. The writing and plotting were a mess. The performances for the most part were fun, but the directing was bad because it seemed like the actors were in 5 or 6 different shows. I’m not sure I am on board for season 2, but if there’s nothing better, maybe.

Perry Mason, well, bless its heart.

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[Tyler Joined: Jan 9th, 2018 Topics: 9 Posts: 1351 View Predictions]

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Looks like Lange won’t be a regular. Thank God

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It will be interesting to see if the summer airdate increases its chances of being nominated at the Emmys.

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[braydenfitzsimmons Joined: May 3rd, 2015 Topics: 82 Posts: 6835 View Predictions]

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BamaEd wrote:

Haha I watch 13 Reasons, even though it would have been best if they had left it as 1 season.

13RW S1 would’ve been an all timer of a miniseries.

Luca wrote:

I guess we’ll have TV in the summer after all! 13 Reasons Why, The Politician and Perry Mason! I’m probably the only one who still watches the first one though, haha.

I’ve invested too much in 13 Reasons to give up now at the final hurdle

Oscars FYC:

"Lamb" – International Feature and all categories

"Summer of Soul" – Picture, Film Editing and Documentary Feature

“The Green Knight” – in all categories

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[rlk Joined: Oct 28th, 2011 Topics: 5 Posts: 2761 View Predictions]

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Question for watchers of Season 1. I was not interested after reading the reviews. However, I did notice most reviews singled out the finale episode (with Midler and Light) as a standout episode that could chart a course for a much stronger series. So I’m interested in Season 2. Would I be able to start with the Season 1 finale and not be horribly lost to be ready for Season 2?
I know there are purists who will say “of course you miss out on x, y and z…”, and I often agree with that viewpoint. I’m wondering about an exception in this one case. 🙂

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[wolfali Joined: Sep 4th, 2018 Topics: 200 Posts: 29434 View Predictions]

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braydenfitzsimmons wrote:

13RW S1 would’ve been an all timer of a miniseries. 

It probably would have cheered the Limited/Movie race in 2018 up quite a bit (except it wasn’t going to get nominations over or beat Versace in any of its categories).

FYC:

"The Good Fight" and "The Other Two" in all categories.

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rlk wrote:

Question for watchers of Season 1. I was not interested after reading the reviews. However, I did notice most reviews singled out the finale episode (with Midler and Light) as a standout episode that could chart a course for a much stronger series. So I’m interested in Season 2. Would I be able to start with the Season 1 finale and not be horribly lost to be ready for Season 2?
I know there are purists who will say “of course you miss out on x, y and z…”, and I often agree with that viewpoint. I’m wondering about an exception in this one case.

I suggest it’s better for you to watch the whole season since its just 8 episodes anyway. I am mixed with the whole season but its entertaining over all and has its moments especially the beginning. It just declined during the “assassination” episodes. As I have said recently, my favorite episodes were The Harrington Commode for its sheer quirkiness and The Voter which is a totally detached episode tone-wise but might be the closest to what the series is trying to be, but failed to achieve for different reasons. But an easy-viewing nonetheless so you might as well watch the whole thing. It was definitely a good season finale and it also makes me look forward to the second season.

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